Yasuyuki Nishio
Yasuyuki Nishio
Born in 1967 in Tokyo, Nishio graduated from the Department of Sculpture at Musashino Art University. Since 2020, he has been an Associate Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts.
He is known for his unique sculptural technique, “negative casting,” in which works are created from molds made solely from the impressions of fingers pressed into clay. Notable works include the five-meter-long battleship “Minsk” (2004) and the six-meter-tall “Crash Sayla Mass” (2005), whose immense scale and labor-intensive production give them a striking presence. In addition to sculpture, he also produces ink and oil paintings.
In his 2016 solo exhibition at Yamamoto Gendai, Nishio presented “REM (Rapid Eye Movement)”, an immersive work in which viewers wearing head-mounted displays could visually experience crowds of figures created in 3D computer graphics.
Collection
Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Takahashi Ryutaro Collection
Exhibition